Concrete fence-post and wire fence.



No. 832,539. PATENTED OCT. 2, 1906. G. T. DAVIS. CONCRETE FENCE POST ANDWIRE FENCE.

' APPLIUATION FILED JULY 11. 1906- n y \z GEORGE 'I. DAVIS, OF AMES,IOWA.

CONCRETE FENCE-POST AND WIRE FENCE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 2, 1906.

Application filed July 11, 1906. Serial No. 325.734.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE T. DAVIS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ames, in the county of Story and State of Iowa, haveinvented a new and useful Concrete Fence-Post and Wire Fence, of whichthe following is a specification.

My object is, first, to provide a method and means adapted fordetachably connecting a wooden wire-support and fence-wires with afixedpost; second, to raise and lower the wire-support and the wiresfixed thereto relative to fixed posts, as required, to allow hogs andother small animals to pass through under the fence from one field toanother, while cattle and other large animals are restrained by thefence; third, todetach the wooden wire-supports and the fence-wiresfixed thereto from the fixed posts, and rolling them in bundles tofacilitate taking down a fence and moving it to a different location orstoring it whenever desired.

My invention consists in the arrangement and combination of posts,wooden wire-supports, and fence-wires, as hereinafter set forth, pointedout in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a perspective view of a concrete post, and Fig. 2 aperspective of a wooden wire-support adapted to be adjustably anddetachably connected with the post. Fig. 3 shows a complete fence and asection thereof elevated, as required, to allow small animals to passback and forth under the wires from one field to another at pleasure.

The numeral designates a concrete fence-post made of sand and cement ina mold. It may vary in size and weight, as desired. A cavity 12,extending from the top of the post straight down to its lower endportion, is formed in the face of the post, as shown, by placing a coreon the bottom of the mold and then tamping the concrete upon it in acommon way. Wooden wiresupports 13 are shaped by means of machinery tofit into the cavity 12 in such a manner that they can be raised andlowered and withdrawn at pleasure and when damaged in any way bereplaced by a new one. By making the cavities 12 in the posts by meansof a core they will be uniform, so the wiresupports 13, also madeuniform in size and shape, will be interchangeable in a fence andgreatly advantageous in making a fence, repairing it, or moving it.

As shown in Fig. 3, the wire supports 13 and wires 14 or a length ofwoven wire fixed to the supports can be readily raised, as shown, toallow small animals to pass under the lower wire at any post in the lineof fence.

It is obvious a length of wire fencing composed of plain fence-wires orwoven wire may be made and rolled in a bundle for transportation andreadily connected with a row of fixed posts in which the cavities 12 arethe same distance apart as the supports 13.

It is also obvious that the supports 13 can be first placed in thecavities 12 and the fence-wires then fixed thereto by means of staples.

To facilitate handling the supports 13 and adjusting them up or down inthe posts, that are preferably made long enough so their top ends willproject above the tops of the post, and to fasten them in elevatedposition, as shown in the elevated panel in Fig. 3, the supports 13 areprovided with apertures through which nails or spikes 15 may be passed,so their ends will rest upon the tops of the posts.

Having thus set forth the purposes of my invention and the manner ofmaking and combining posts and wire-supports for fixing wires thereto,the practical use and utility of the invention will be obvious tofarmers and others.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a wire fence the combination of fixed concrete fence-posts havingopenings in their side faces of dovetail shape in cross-sectionextending from the tops to their lower end portions, woodenwire-supports fitted in the o enings and extended above the tops of t eposts and means for fastening the wooden wire-supports at differentpoints of elevation relative to the posts, as set forth.

2. In a wire fence the combination of concrete posts having cavities intheir side faces as shown, wooden wire-supports fitted in the cavitiesand provided with transverse holes in their upper end portions extendingabove the posts, fence-wires fixed to the wooden supports and spikes inthe holes of the wooden wire-supports, as shown and described to operateas set forth.

GEORGE T. DAVIS. Witnesses F. B. OBRIEN, M. O. KOOSER.

